Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965
THF144827
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965
THF144828
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965
THF144829
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 / back
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 - Thumbnail
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 - Thumbnail
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 - Thumbnail

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965

Summary

Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. rode Ford's Magic Skyway at the New York World's Fair on a trip with his family in 1964. His wife and two other children followed in the next electronically controlled car.

Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. rode Ford's Magic Skyway at the New York World's Fair on a trip with his family in 1964. His wife and two other children followed in the next electronically controlled car.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1964 - 1965

Subject Date

1964 - 1965

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Ford News Bureau 

Regency Pictorials, Inc. 

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn 

Keywords

United States, New York, New York, Flushing Meadows Corona Park 

Photographic prints 

Photographs 

Civil rights leaders 

African Americans 

Ford automobile 

Exhibitions 

Amusement rides 

Children 

Cars 

World's fairs 

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 

King, Yolanda 

King, Martin Luther, III 

Ford Motor Company 

New York World's Fair (1964-1965) 

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.764

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10.5 in

Inscriptions

Stamp on verso: PLEASE CREDIT: REGENCY PICTORIALS, INC. HOTEL BILTMORE NEW YORK, N.Y. [illegible]

Related Content

Connect 3

Discover curious connections between artifacts.

Learn More